by Soo-Inn Tan | May 16, 2025 | 2025, Graceworks, Relationships, Spiritual Friendship
Last night someone asked us what Graceworks is all about. It gave me a chance to try a new tagline that has been on my mind the last few days: “Friendship — At the Heart of All We Do” Our mission statement from the word go was...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 9, 2025 | 2025, FIT, Meaning & Purpose, Mentoring, Young Adult Ministry
A long, long time ago, a missionary from another land asked why we were trying to write Sunday School materials for the local context. After all, his country produced the best Sunday School materials in the world and we should just continue to use those. Well, this...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 2, 2025 | 2025, Christian Identity, God’s Sovereignty, Governance, Singapore
Whenever a general election approaches, whether in Singapore, Malaysia, the US, wherever, three thoughts normally come to mind. 1. First, all earthly leaders have clay feet. The giant statue in Daniel’s vision looked impressive (Daniel 2:31–45). In...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 25, 2025 | 2025, Discipleship, God's Love, Mentoring, Young Adult Ministry
What are some principles for ministering to young people? Recently I have been clearing out my books and of course I rediscovered some gems that I had forgotten about. One was Hear My Story (2003) by Dean Borgman. Although a bit dated it still contains much...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 28, 2025 | 2025, Dependence on God, Loving Others, Work & Vocation
I was in an online prayer meeting with a group of Christian psychiatrists recently. They shared about difficult cases they were facing. Many shared about how they had done everything possible medically yet there was no breakthrough. Sometimes, attempts to treat...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 22, 2025 | 2025, Mentoring, Spiritual Friendship
I was about to email Laurel Gasque to request an endorsement for a book on spiritual mentoring I am writing. But before I could, I received the following news from Susan, a common friend. A few hours ago Michelle Gasque went to visit her mother (her “mum”...
